Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To analyze or provide the synonyms of (a word or taxon).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To express by words of the same meaning; express the meaning of by an equivalent in the same or another language. Also spelled
synonymise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To express by a
synonym or synonyms.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have a problem with the Sargent vid on the front page -- we've been told the Clinton's are reasonable before, and then she goes all wacky with statements that synonymize "hard-working Americans" with "white Americans", or the Florida primary with Zimbabwe.
Wolfson: Even If Florida And Michigan Aren't Seated, An Obama Victory Would Be Legit 2009
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Solution: combined use of the following: “synonymize” (change words with their closest synonyms); remove/add stop words; mix the paragraphs; mix with content from another source of the same subject covered; etc.
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There is a distinct chance that all of the aforementioned descriptors make up the spectrum of what we have grown to synonymize as entertainment.
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Some definitions seem to synonymize metabolism and the activity of living:
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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Some definitions may seem to synonymize metabolism and the activity of living:
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[35] the term 'systems biology' and 'physiology' synonymize, as they argue:
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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